Austin was moved from his walking boot to a foot brace the beginning of August and started physical therapy. His hope was that he would be able to fully participate in soccer that started at the end of the month. He found it more difficult to recover from this break than expected. I am sure most people who break their foot don't jump right into kicking soccer balls, needless to say it was a long and slow transition. By the end of September Austin was up and running. His physical therapist released him with the understanding he would continue to strengthen his foot and play smart - which he did. A week before we were to get a clean bill of health from the fracture clinic Austin was playing basketball at school and much to his dismay he was capped while going for a lay-up. Our Halloween afternoon was spent in the fracture clinic The orthopedist was quite confused when we showed up a week early and he was x-raying and casting a hand not just checking a foot and sending us out the door.
Needless to say, Austin and I shed a few tears over the situation. That is broken bone #9. We learned that Washington state soccer regulations state you can play with a cast if it is covered by an inch of foam on the field. Austin continued to play soccer and was still one of the leading scorers on the team even though he only played half the season and in a cast at that. Way to make the best of it, Austin!
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| Force Scoring Machines: Ryan Aufenkamp, Austin Sork, & Robby Schroder |
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| Vancouver United Soccer Club BU18: THE FORCE Coach: Tony Aufenkamp Assistant: Rob Schroder, "the Dad not the Player" |
For those of you asking: Austin does not have a strange bone disease, his bone density is fine and the doctors assure us he just plays hard.
